Gutch
01-28-2008, 10:20 PM
Oh yeah -- It's draining my wallet too!!:angry:
Here's the situation -- I had a major system crash two weeks ago, which I finally troubleshot down to either an intermittent SATA drive or cable. Not sure and don't care anymore. Picked up a new big drive and decided that rather than spending a week installing all of the service packs and security updates needed to bring my first edition XP disc up to date, I would make the transition to Windows Vista.
The main studio components involved in the rest of the story are:
PC: 3.2GHz P4, 4GB RAM, 750GB SATA drive (the new one) + 250GB SATA drive + 300GB USB outboard drive (for backup)
Hardware -- MOTU 2408 Mk3 + PCI424, MOTU Midi Timepiece AV, Mackie Control Universal
Software -- Windows Vista Ultimate, SONAR 6PE, Project5 v2.5, Dimension Pro
After fighting with the PC for a week to get a good install of Vista (try upgrading -- nope. Try formatting and installing -- can't. I bought the upgrade version. Try putting XP on. Can't. You've got Vista Remnants on the drive. Format... The wrong drive! ARRRGGGHHH!!! Re-format the right drive, install XP, Install Vista. Fingers crossed...All okay... Leave for business trip with a side trip to pharmacy for sedatives and a "Vista for Dummies" book.)
Got home from trip. Dropped the suitcase, waved at family and ran to basement studio to continue project.
This is where it gets fun. First step is to install SONAR 6PE. Drop the disc in, run install, run the patches. good to go -- Or so I think. Vista won't let me register. Sonar 6 is not Vista ready. Great. Not only have I already shelled out stupid money for an operating system that I swore I would never buy, now I'm going to have to belly up to the cash bar again for the latest iteration of SONAR. Okay, it has some nice new midi features. Maybe this will be good.
I've been running the MOTU gear for about 4 years now. The only problem has been the PC losing the PCI424 drivers if I shut the system completely down for more than a few hours. Never understood why, and MOTU never had a good reason either. This means that when the drivers were lost, I would have to power down, pull the card from the mainframe, power up, re-install the drivers, power down, re-install the PCI424, power up, and everything is fine. Got it down to about 15 minutes total time. No big deal. Downloaded the Vista drivers, ran through the usual install routine, and everything looks good.
Until I try to use the MOTU.
The drivers show up. The hardware is in the device manager. However, I cannot call up the MOTU in the audio selection panel.
It's there. I know it's there. I can see it. Vista tells me it can see it. But it doesn't let me use it. It's mine-- I paid good money for it! LET ME USE THE @$)* 2408!!!!!! :scared:
Is there anyone here who has experienced the same level of hair pulling, head bashing, suicide inducing frustration that I have? Did your court-appointed therapist offer any suggestions before shipping you away to the Funny Farm? If so, could you scribble them down in purple crayon and ask the day nurse to forward them to me?
Thanks in advance,
Dave
Here's the situation -- I had a major system crash two weeks ago, which I finally troubleshot down to either an intermittent SATA drive or cable. Not sure and don't care anymore. Picked up a new big drive and decided that rather than spending a week installing all of the service packs and security updates needed to bring my first edition XP disc up to date, I would make the transition to Windows Vista.
The main studio components involved in the rest of the story are:
PC: 3.2GHz P4, 4GB RAM, 750GB SATA drive (the new one) + 250GB SATA drive + 300GB USB outboard drive (for backup)
Hardware -- MOTU 2408 Mk3 + PCI424, MOTU Midi Timepiece AV, Mackie Control Universal
Software -- Windows Vista Ultimate, SONAR 6PE, Project5 v2.5, Dimension Pro
After fighting with the PC for a week to get a good install of Vista (try upgrading -- nope. Try formatting and installing -- can't. I bought the upgrade version. Try putting XP on. Can't. You've got Vista Remnants on the drive. Format... The wrong drive! ARRRGGGHHH!!! Re-format the right drive, install XP, Install Vista. Fingers crossed...All okay... Leave for business trip with a side trip to pharmacy for sedatives and a "Vista for Dummies" book.)
Got home from trip. Dropped the suitcase, waved at family and ran to basement studio to continue project.
This is where it gets fun. First step is to install SONAR 6PE. Drop the disc in, run install, run the patches. good to go -- Or so I think. Vista won't let me register. Sonar 6 is not Vista ready. Great. Not only have I already shelled out stupid money for an operating system that I swore I would never buy, now I'm going to have to belly up to the cash bar again for the latest iteration of SONAR. Okay, it has some nice new midi features. Maybe this will be good.
I've been running the MOTU gear for about 4 years now. The only problem has been the PC losing the PCI424 drivers if I shut the system completely down for more than a few hours. Never understood why, and MOTU never had a good reason either. This means that when the drivers were lost, I would have to power down, pull the card from the mainframe, power up, re-install the drivers, power down, re-install the PCI424, power up, and everything is fine. Got it down to about 15 minutes total time. No big deal. Downloaded the Vista drivers, ran through the usual install routine, and everything looks good.
Until I try to use the MOTU.
The drivers show up. The hardware is in the device manager. However, I cannot call up the MOTU in the audio selection panel.
It's there. I know it's there. I can see it. Vista tells me it can see it. But it doesn't let me use it. It's mine-- I paid good money for it! LET ME USE THE @$)* 2408!!!!!! :scared:
Is there anyone here who has experienced the same level of hair pulling, head bashing, suicide inducing frustration that I have? Did your court-appointed therapist offer any suggestions before shipping you away to the Funny Farm? If so, could you scribble them down in purple crayon and ask the day nurse to forward them to me?
Thanks in advance,
Dave